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In reply to the discussion: Convicted Ohio Man Jumps to Death After Being Sentenced to 13 Years [View all]maxsolomon
(33,620 posts)36. The quality of mercy is not strained.
The quality of mercy is not strained.
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown.
His scepter shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings.
But mercy is above this sceptered sway;
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings;
It is an attribute of God himself;
And earthly power doth then show like God's
When mercy seasons justice.
William Shakespeare, 1596
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Convicted Ohio Man Jumps to Death After Being Sentenced to 13 Years [View all]
Judi Lynn
Aug 2016
OP
Brave? Maybe he was stupid and thought he could "parkour" his way out of the situation...
MADem
Aug 2016
#7
Bravery, by its very definition entails an act which is morally praiseworthy.
LanternWaste
Aug 2016
#33
He was trying to escape not kill himself. If I prisoners are afraid of life in prison and not the dp
Ohioblue22
Aug 2016
#28
Trying to escape and died trying. Because the sentence doesn't fit suicide IMO but who knows
Person 2713
Aug 2016
#30